SDG-1
“A PIANO LIKE BALANCE
AND DEPTH WITH A SLIGHT GROWL”

“The SDG1 is a flat-top steel-string instrument representing many years of various design incarnations. Of all my instruments, this one has gone through the most iterations to reach the point it is at now. It is an instrument that is truly unique in voice with a piano-like balance and depth with a slight growl. It took me so long to arrive here because while I was chasing balance in tone, I inevitably always felt like the instrument sounded too sterile. Too controlled. It took me until around 2017 to finally arrive at the bracing pattern, air volume, and approach to voicing, which allowed me to build an instrument that I felt was completely balanced but also had a character in its undeniable tone.”

SDG-1 SHOWCASE